Hugh stevenson



HAT

(No Model.)

INVEN A TTORNEYS l UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HUGH STEVENSON, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

HAT HOLDER AND CASE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Fatent No. 477,969, dated June 28,1892. Application filed June 13, 1891. Serial No, 396,174. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HUGH STEVENSON, of New York city, in the county andState of New York, have invented a new and Improved Hat Holder and Case,of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to improvements in hat-holders for carriages andother vehicles; and the object of my invention is to produce aconvenient hat-holder in which a stiff hat of any kind may be easilyplaced and securely held, and to have the hat-holder in the form of acase, so that it may be opened and a soft cap which is carried in thecase be substituted for the stiif hat and worn by the occupant of thecarriage while traveling. The case may also be used for carrying a brushor other usef ul article.

To this end my invention consists in a hatholder and case constructedsubstantially as hereinafter described and claimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forminga part ofthis specification,

in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts inall the figures.

Figure 1 is abrokensectional View of the I invention, secured to theroof of a carriage, i the section being taken on the line :1: 0c inFigs". 3 and l; Fig. 2, a similar View, but with a hat I in position inthe holder. Fig. 3 is a vertical cross-section on the line 3 3 in Fig.4. Fig. 4

is an inverted plan of the invention. Fig. 5

is an enlarged detail view of one of the hatholding fingers and thekeeper in which it is held to slide; and Fig. 6 is an enlarged detailview of the spring-catch, which holds the case closed against the roofof the carriage.

The case B is secured to the roof A of a carriage, being hinged on oneside, as shown I do not confine myself to any particular form of catchfor holding the case against the carriage-roof, as it is obvious thatany simple form will answer the purpose.

A brush-case C, which is preferably of a rectangular shape,- and open ateach end, is secured to the roof of the carriage within the case B, andabrush D is held Within the brushcase. The brush may. thus beconveniently-- reached, and it may be used for brushing the hats orclothing of the people in the carriage. Secured to the roof of thecarriage, on each side of the case B, are depending spring-fingers E andE, which are curved inward toward the case, the finger E being fixed tothe carriage-roof and the finger E being fixed to a slide-plate E whichslide-plate is held to move in a keeper e, and the keeper is secured tothe roof of the carriage adjacent to the case B.

The slide-plate E is provided at its outer end with a thumb-piece e, sothat it may be conveniently operated, and its inner end terminates in alug 6 which lug enters a corresponding slotin the upperportion of thecase B, as best shown in Figs. 1 and 2. The slideplate E is held againstthe case B, with the lug e in the slot of the case, by a spring F, oneend of which is secured to the roof of the carriage within the case Band the other end of which is attached to the inner end of theslide-plate.

The case Bis preferablyprovided with a soft cap G,'so that when thestiff hat H-ot' an occupant of the carriage is placed in the hatholderthe cap G may be' taken out and be worn instead of the hat.

To placea hat in position upon the hatholder, the slide-plate E and thespring-finger E, secured thereto, are pulled out, and the hat H isplaced over the case B with oneside of the brim entering between thespring-finger E and the roof of the carriage, and the slide-plate E isthen released, allowing the finger E to advance'beneath the oppositeside of the hat-brim, and the hat will thus be held securely in place.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent The herein-described hat-holder, comprisfrom to securethe hat upon the exterior of ing a receptacle B, hinged at the edge ofits said receptacle or permit its removal therenpper open end to swingdownward and profrom, substantially as set forth.

vided with a catch, a finger E, secured adja- HUGH STEVENSON. 5 cent tothe upper edge of the receptacle, and Witnesses:

a second hook at the opposite side of the re- W. J. DUFFY,

ceptable and movable toward and away there- FRANCIS MOARDLE.

